REPORT ON INVITED TALK BY DR SHIVANNA ORGAINZIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES ON 1 MARCH 2019

 The Department of Life Sciences had organized a talk by Dr K R Shivanna, INSA Senior Scientist, Ashoka Trust for Research in Environment and Ecology (ATREEE) Foundation, Bangalore as a part of “Memorial Lecture series on National Personalities” on 1 March 2019. Dr Shivanna shared his experiences and views about the national personalities Dr.Panchannan Maheshwari and Dr.Birbal Sahani. He also spoke about the importance of research and contribution of these scientist to research fields. The talk was followed by open discussion, question and answer session that were highly beneficial to the students.

REPORT ON CSA RURAL EXPOSURE CAMP AT YELDUR, KOLAR DISTRICT HELD ON 22 & 23 NOVEMBER 2019

A rural exposure camp was held at Yeldur on 22 and 23 November 2019, as part of Centre for Social Actions (CSA) initiative to look in to the socio-economic conditions of the people living there and assessing their progresses towards development. The camp was held for 2 BCZ students coordinated by Dr.P.Manikantan and Mrs.Parvathy. Valuable inputs about the socio-economic life of the rural people were given by the coordinator Mr Anjan. He discussed about the conditions of the villages to visit, the rules to abide by and the issues that to tackle, as well as the stereotypes existing in the life of rural people. He also mentioned how previous batches had managed to ensure that the evils like child marriage were curbed, how women are encouraged to undergo delivery in hospitals and primary health centres so as to receive post-natal care, and how they had managed to improve the number of children pursuing their higher studies. The camp visualized the main problems currently faced by the villages including lack of awareness of the advantages of completing higher studies as well as maintaining cleanliness and hygiene.